The Ironmongers, originally known as the Ferroners, were incorporated under a Royal Charter in 1463.

Their company's original association with iron merchants has lessened, especially due to the movement of the industry from Southern England to the North, where iron ore is more available.

The Worshipful Company ranks tenth in the order of precedence among the City of London's Great Twelve City Livery Companies.

[3] The third hall was destroyed on 7 July 1917 by a bomb dropped during World War I.

[3] The present Hall stands on land which was bought in 1922: construction work, which was undertaken by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts,[4] started that year and the Hall was opened on 17 June 1925.